Nick Cox wrote:
> Perhaps you can this by indirection:
> --------------------- mydo.do
> log using `1'
> di "`2'"
> do `2'
> ---------------------
> Thus
> mydo mylog.txt example.do
> is interpreted as
> log using mylog.txt
> di "example.do"
> do example.do
> Use " " to bind filenames with spaces.
Now that IS a nice trick! Thanks, Nick!
Eddy
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Eddy
>> Sent: 22 July 2004 12:34
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: st: RE: DO file name macro
>>
>>
>> Nick Cox wrote:
>>
>> > I don't know of any such built-in,
>> > but I must be missing something. It
>> > is surely about as much typing to do the
>> > specific
>>
>> > di "example.do"
>>
>> > as to do this by some general code,
>> > even if that existed.
>>
>> Oh, thanks for the nice trick. Seriously, my specific need is due
to
>> the fact that I usually have a set of similar DO files that do
>> similar work, and it will save time and unnecessary hassle if such
a
>> macro exists -- too bad it doesn't.
>>
>> Eddy
>>
>>
>> > Eddy
>>
>> >> Is there a built-in macro that register the name of the DO file
>> that
>> >> is currently running? I wish to use it to print the file name
to
>> the
>> >> session log, so that when I looked at the log next time, I'll
know
>> >> which DO file was used to generate the results.
>> >>
>> >> That is, what I need is something like the (bogus) $FileName
macro
>> in
>> >> the following example, which should take the value of
"example.do"
>> >> (with or without file path). Thus, when I open mylog.txt months
>> >> later, I'll know it is the result of running example.do.
>> >>
>> >> ====== example.do ==========
>> >> capture log close
>> >> log using mylog.txt
>> >>
>> >> di "$FileName"
>> >>
>> >> .......
>> >>
>> >> ============================
>> >>
>> >> Forgive my ignorance if the question has been asked before -- I
>> >> searched but couldn't find the answer.
>>
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